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This is an overview article, listing content appearing in multiple Fallout media. For information specific to a given game or TV series, consult the table below. |
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A spear is a pole weapon consisting of a shaft, usually of wood, with a sharpened head. Various kinds of spears are widely used after the Great War, especially by tribals. The user of a spear can either thrust it or throw it.
Variants
Sharpened pole

The most primitive type of spear - a simple wooden pole sharpened at one end.
Spear

A simple spear with a metal head and wooden shaft. Standard fare for hunting simple animals.
Spear (Fallout 76)

The spear is made of a wooden haft with a small leaf-shaped blade affixed to the end. It has a decent damage output and a medium swing speed. It cannot be modified at a weapons workbench.
Sharpened spear

A spear with a sharper point and edge, giving it increased damage.
(Poisoned) throwing spear

Between five and six feet in length, the throwing spear is a timeless weapon with a sordid history synonymous with the history of warfare. With its sharp, (poisoned) jagged tip, the throwing spear can be a most formidable weapon in the right hands.
Knife spear

The knife spear is a two-handed Melee weapon often carried by the ghost people of the Sierra Madre. It is constructed by duct-taping four cosmic knives to the end of a broomstick handle.
Throwing knife spear

The throwing knife spear is similar in shape and design to the knife spear, except it has only one cosmic knife aerodynamically tied to the end of it.
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Sharpened pole (Fallout: Tactics)

The most primitive type of spear - a simple wooden pole sharpened at one end.
Spear (Fallout: Tactics)

A simple spear with a metal head and wooden shaft. Standard fare for hunting simple animals.
Snake spear

A poison tipped pole arm. The shaft is wooden, and the tip is hollow steel filled with poison.
Serrated blade

A spear with a serrated blade.
Diamond spear

A diamond tipped spear which offers great penetration.
Dynamite spear

Spear with a stick of dynamite bound to the end.
Festering spear

A spear with the tip coated in rotting animal remains.
Barbed spear

Spear with a barbed blade at the end.
Piston spear

Spear with a pneumatic piston built into the end.
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Spear (Van Buren)

A simple spear with a metal head and wooden shaft. Standard fare for hunting simple animals.
Sharpened spear (Van Buren)

A spear with a sharper point and edge, giving it increased damage.